* Punjab Congress to launch Padyatra against Badal government from September   Chandigarh, May 22: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today announced that the party would launch a massive political offensive against the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab from June 1 with culminating in 1,000-km “padyatra”. He said: “We will launch aRead More

Chandigarh May 22: On the directions of Mr. S.K.Sharma IPS, DGP cum Commandant General Home guards, guard Sukhwinder Singh posted in Company Chehratta in district Amritsar has been discharged from duty on charges of harassing and making obscene gestures towards a UK national on board an Amritsar-Delhi train. According toRead More

TORONTO — TVO says it is backing out of a documentary about Premier Kathleen Wynne because of concerns about its “editorial integrity.” The documentary had been commissioned from White Pine Pictures and TVO says it insisted “there be a journalistic treatment” of the film, including hiring a journalist as theRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s premier is raising the possibility of back-to-work legislation for striking teachers, as thousands of students have been out of school for nearly five weeks. The Liberal government is waiting on a ruling from the Ontario Labour Relations Board on the legality of the strikes, and is alsoRead More

HALIFAX — A report into sexist online posts by dentistry students at Dalhousie University has found that a Facebook page at the centre of the scandal began as a bonding exercise, but turned offensive. The report released Friday says the restorative justice process revealed a culture of unprofessionalism and competitivenessRead More

Toronto,  Admitting that policing is at a “crossroads” and is under “more scrutiny than ever before,” Mark Saunders took his oath of office on Wednesday with a promise to take “bold steps” and never accept good enough. Standing before hundreds of uniformed officers and a number of dignitaries at policeRead More

OTTAWA — Canadians are carrying record amounts of debt, but they are managing their finances prudently, according to a report by the Fraser Institute. The report by Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada, says the growth of household debt has slowed since 2009 and the cost ofRead More

Ottawa, A Canadian man accused in the drowning of a four-year-old boy in St. Lucia is hoping his name will soon be cleared as he makes one last bid to have the charge dismissed. Sahab Jamshidi is charged with causing death by gross negligence or recklessness in the drowning ofRead More

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is poised to quicken the pace of weapons supplies and training to Iraqi tribes, while eyeing a rapid offensive to recapture Ramadi from the Islamic State group. Obama huddled Tuesday with his national security team at the White House to plot a way forward afterRead More

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will on Wednesday warn that a one-foot rise in sea levels could cost the United States as much as $200 billion, in a speech warning of the security risks of climate change. In a commencement address to the United States Coast Guard Academy, Obama will warnRead More